but if one single tear bedews her cheek, she is no longer strong in the sanctity of her vow.

There are women who are too diffident, and too reserved, and carry their generosity to such an extent as to pretend not to be aware even of such anoyances as afford them just grounds of complaint.

A girl whom we thus educate, and who proves to be competent to bear us company, often disappoints us when she is left alone.

She is not only incapable of sharing these with him, but might carelessly remark, "What ails you?" How severely would this try the temper of a man

As for the lower class, it would be almost useless to trouble ourselves with them."

But how often such girls as these are conceited about their own accomplishments, and endeavor unduly to disparage those of others!

"how difficult it is to meet with a fair creature, of whom one can say, ‘This is, indeed, the one; here is, at last, perfection.’ There are, indeed, many who fascinate; many who are ready with their pens, and who, when occasion

And so all stiffness and formality were dispensed with, and they did not scruple to reveal their secrets to each other.

His father-in-law naturally felt for him, and his sons were sent to bear him company.

He had always striven to keep all these intrigues in the utmost secrecy, and had to appear constantly virtuous. This caution was observed to such an extent that he scarcely accomplished anything really romantic, a fact which Katano-no-Shiôshiô 1 would have ridiculed.

Hikal Genji—the name is singularly well known, and is the subject of innumerable remarks and censures.